Statistics for States of the North East USA (With Hints)

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	Answer	A bit of a hint	% Correct
	Maine	This name could be shorthand for 'the mainland'.	100%
	New York	Charles II gave this to his brother, the Duke of ____. This position is today held by the king or queen's second son.	97%
New England	Connecticut	The state's name comes from the Mohegan word 'quonehtacut', meaning 'place of the long tidal river'.	94%
Mid Atlantic	New Jersey	This was named after the largest island in the English Channel.	94%
	Rhode Island	It's possible that Dutch captain Adriaen Block saw this region and noticed its red autumnal leaves: he called it 'een rodlich Eylande'.	94%
	New Hampshire	Named after a county on the south coast of England, by John Mason. He drew up the first English map of Newfoundland, but he never actually got to New England.	91%
	Massachusetts	Named after the area's original inhabitants. Their name may come in turn from 'muswach8sut' in the Wôpanâak language: 'by the great hill'.	88%
	Vermont	A French mariner, Samuel de Champlain, called it (in French) a 'green mountain'.	88%
	Pennsylvania	William Penn was a Quaker who founded a colony here. Its name indicates woods belonging to him.	85%